1[intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]RUN to move quickly with short steps, especially because you are afraid and do not want to be noticed 〔尤因害怕且不想被注意到而〕小步急跑,疾走
A little lizard scuttled across the path.
一条小蜥蜴急急地从路上爬过。
2[transitiveT]American EnglishAmE to ruin or end someone’s plans or chance of being successful – used especially in newsreports 破坏,阻挠〔尤用于新闻报道〕SYN British English scupper
The incident threatens to scuttle the peace process.
这一事件可能会破坏和平进程。
3.[transitiveT]TTWDESTROY to sink a ship by making holes in the bottom, especially in order to prevent it being used by an enemy 〔尤指为不让敌人使用而〕凿沉〔船只〕
Examples from the Corpus
scuttle• They found a boat in San Remo, scuttled.• A loudbangsent all the crabsscuttling across the sand.• The pigeonswheel and scuttle around us.• Something scuttled away into some darkrecess.• Corbett threw him a coin, raised his sword, and the beggarscuttled away.• The scuttled boat in San Remo had never been found.• I let out a terrifiedscream and scuttled down the stairs.• He spotted a cockroach as it scuttled out from under a binbag.• Surely millions more have been spent on scuttled plans by companies around the world.• The offices were small, and apparatchiksscuttled round between rooms.• The senator did his best to scuttle the tax increase.